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In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Nuance Communications Inc (NASD: NUAN) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Assurant Inc (NYSE: AIZ), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components read »

Investors in Assurant Inc (NYSE: AIZ) saw new options become available this week, for the November 22nd expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the AIZ options chain for the new November 22nd contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

Apple’s biggest move this year wasn’t the roll out of yet another, faster, sleeker iPhone or the purchase of Beats. It was the decision to spend $18 billion on buying back its shares. Low interest rates and massive cash on hand are spurring companies like Apple to return money to shareholders through share repurchase agreements. And shareholders read »

He called it “a pretty good year,” but Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders could barely contain his glee at announcing the company’s 2014 record annual results last week in Munich, where the German headquarters of the pan-European company is located. In line with his leadership philosophy, he is struggling to be humble in front of the media. read »

The countdown has started to the Paris climate conference at the end of the year and this time, there will be a binding deal between the parties to cut emissions, according to Mark Kenber, chief executive at The Climate Group.

“Unlike previous meetings, Paris is not the end of the process, it’s more of a signal on where the world is on read »

Alibaba, China’s biggest online commerce company and the world’s fastest growing e-commerce marketplace, officially launched their Trade Assurance Program during ASD Market Week, the largest, most comprehensive trade show of its kind that welcomes over 45K attendees bi-annually. Currently taking place in Las read »

At its core purpose, marketing is supposed to raise awareness to increase business. Too often however, I observe Chief “Marketing” Officers engaged in campaigns and activities designed merely to do the former without true execution on the latter. This needs to end. read »

Professional social networks such as LinkedIn are as important to our economy as banks and capital markets. Those network reduces risks in our economy by offering transparency into the job market. read »

Ordinarily I write about bringing out the talent in other people, but for many years I focused on customer experience and marketing. It bothers me that companies don’t do more to bring out the best not only in their customers, but also in their employees.

Much of this failing comes from a short-sighted, outdated view of what marketing read »

Loews Hotels & Resorts is not the largest hotel company in the world, but it has been working for the past few years to be the most innovative. Under the marketing leadership of CMO Bruce Himelstein, the company has harnessed social media to be the first to enable bookings via Twitter, introducing the option in 2013, and also that year read »

Nothing’s more exciting to me than a scrappy startup tearing open a legacy industry with an innovative idea. A few weeks back I covered some of the lending and giving innovations enabled by the internet. We’ve seen Uber and Lyft challenge traditional car services and Airbnb demystify hotels. The “sharing” or “helping” economy model promoted by read »